“As a young man with celebrity parents I yearned to ignore my heritage (or, more precisely, have other people ignore my famous parents) and "make it" in my chosen career entirely on my own merit (which of course never happens, you're always found out).” PeopleMenHappensYoungCoursesFoundParentMy OwnCareersChosenMeritYoung ManHeritage Author:Chris Hart
“"St. Lucia We Love" is actually a song produced by Stratosphere music (also St. Lucian). The CEO of Stratosphere music approached me and wanted me to produce a music video for this song which was already a hit in my country. I felt privileged to have been chosen to do such a video. So every time I went out to shoot a scene from the video, I would get a still shot from the scene to tease the public. The photo of the amazona versicolor is is an actual scene from the video which was released on St. Lucia's Independence day (22nd February, 2013).” Has BeensStillsCountryWantedSongFeltLove IsProduceSceneShotsIndependenceVideoChosenPrivilegedCeoTeaseIndependence DayFebruary Author:St. Lucia
“When I choose the title [for my book], which was my favorite title, I felt sure there was going to be a dozen books maybe with that name already because it's so obvious to me that that's the message. I was surprised it hasn't been the title of a single book. Well, there is a Shel Silverstein children's book called Falling Upwards. But no one has chosen Falling Upward as a title and I'm very happy it's right on the cover.” WellsChildrenBookFallNamesFeltMessagesMy FavoriteObviousChosenTitlesDozenVery HappyChildren's BooksSilverstein Author:Richard Rohr
“It may not be what you would've chosen, but we all have a responsibility to be active citizens and shape our system and our future.” MayResponsibilityCitizensShapesActiveChosenOur Future Author:Susan Rice
“I've chosen films that are different compared to the conventional Bollywood films we all know and love.” KnowsDifferentFilmAnd LoveChosenConventionalBollywood Author:Hrithik Roshan
“Barack Obama is a president who, when he had to deal with the 2008 economic crisis, has led the American economy on a completely different path than the one that Europe has chosen eight years later.” YearsDifferentPresidentDealsEconomyPathEconomicEuropeCrisisEightChosenBarackEconomic CrisisDifferent PathsAmerican Economy Author:Alexis Tsipras
“We, the Black people of America, were chosen by Allah: Not to be "special" in the sense that we are better than others, but chosen because of the uniqueness of our position inside of America, and 460 years under slavery, neo-slavery, and injustice, to carry a message to the whole of humanity.” PeopleYearsWholeAmericaHumanityBlackSpecialPositionMessagesSlaveryInjusticeChosenBlack PeopleUniqueness Author:Louis Farrakhan
“We`re going to continue to move forward and fight. I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.” ThinkingMovingFightingPresidentIssuesTrumpChosenMoving ForwardAddresses Author:Al Sharpton
“Be true to what you want to say, or whatever style it is that you've chosen or genre you've chosen. Do it well! My criteria always has been that the piece must stand the chance of succeeding on the level it's intended to succeed on.” WantWellsHas BeensChanceLevelsPiecesStyleSucceedWhat You WantChosenBeing TrueGenreCriteria Author:John Hurt
“"Chocolate mustache" is from a line in the book. It's my favorite title (chosen by me), so I'm pleased that Never Spit was tossed.” BookLinesMy FavoriteChosenTitlesChocolateSpitMustache Author:J. Patrick Lewis
“[Tomas] Jefferson believed that the United States was a chosen nation with a special responsibility to spread democracy around the world.” WorldStatesNationsUnitedResponsibilityUnited StatesDemocracySpecialSpreadChosenAround The WorldTomas Jefferson Author:Gordon S. Wood
“A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.” Has BeensFactsTodayPastLife IsNationsLeadershipQualityLeaderCourageRegardForgottenChosenPatrioticPublic LifeNigeria Independence Author:John F. Kennedy
“[Donald trump] is moved from the enemy being Barack Obama, now gone, fading is Hillary Clinton, and there is no question he's chosen the enemy.” EnemyGoneTrumpMovedClintonChosenBarackFading Author:Mark Shields
“I'm too young to play lawyers. But I've been really lucky because I never got labeled. I never did the John Hughes thing. I did adult movies. I'm not bragging or anything, but I think that I've chosen really good roles. I've played different people and showed that I have a little bit of range.” PeopleThinkingLittlesDifferentPlayYoungBitsRolesLuckyLittle BitAdultsLawyerChosenRangeDifferent PeoplesBragging Author:Winona Ryder
“The thing that would probably surprise most people was that Dr. Martin Luther King was a very reluctant leader. He felt very shocked at times that he had been chosen for this path, but he also understood that he was chosen for this path. He had several moments of acute doubt as to if he was up for the task - when people were injured in the protests he took it very personally, let alone when they were killed.” PeopleIfsMomentsFeltLeaderPathDoubtKingsUnderstoodTasksSurpriseChosenProtestDrsShockedLutherInjuredReluctantDr Martin Luther King Author:David Oyelowo
“For reasons that have stunningly little to do with crime or crime rates, we, as a nation, have chosen to lock up more than two million people behind bars. Millions more are on probation or parole, or branded felons for life and thus locked into a permanent second-class status.” PeopleLittlesTwoReasonNationsBehindsClassMillionsCrimeRateBarsChosenPermanentLockedLocksParoleBrandedCrime RatesFelonsLock UpProbationClass Status Author:Michelle Alexander
“When I walk, I try to set a fairly brisk rate. I love walking outside. I hate machines like treadmills. The path that I have chosen to walk is just city streets, but you see pretty houses, trees... my routes have some hills in them; it's not just straight walking. You have to exercise your heart and lungs.” TryingHeartHateHouseWalksCitiesPathTreeStreetsWalkingExerciseMachinesI HateRateChosenHillsRoutesLungsTreadmillsCity Streets Author:Rita Moreno
“This - where we are now - is where a culture gets to, when it has chosen, for many years, banality over intelligence, the literal over the immaterial or complex, materialism over spirituality. This is the result of many years of disrespecting the intellectual project - of a collective acceptance of the idea that thinking and reasoning and reading deeply in difficult text and being respectful of history are somehow "wimpy" or secondary.” ThinkingYearsIdeasCultureSpiritualityReadingDifficultResultsAcceptanceProjectsIntellectualComplexesChosenReasoningCollectivesMaterialismRespectfulLiteralBanalityBe Respectful Author:George Saunders
“To construct a scientific theory from the data and to be able to recognize that it is a reasonable theory is possible only if there are some very sharp restrictive principles that lead you to go in one direction and not in another direction. Otherwise, you wouldn't have science at all, merely randomly chosen hypotheses.” IfsAblePrinciplesTheoryChosenDataReasonableConstructsHypothesisOne DirectionScientific Theory Author:Noam Chomsky
“Andorrans deserve much better than the rule of superstitious hysterics and extreme authoritarians, who try to instill obedience to their Holy Texts and chosen Divinities - and we should not fail to see that the terms are appropriate, if anything too kind.” IfsShouldTryingKindTermFailingHolyDeserveExtremesChosenObedienceDivinityAppropriateSuperstitiousInstill Author:Noam Chomsky
“[The designated or chosen leader tries to] articulate and justify the resentment dammed up in the souls of the frustrated. He kindles the vision of a breathtaking future so as to justify the sacrifice of a transitory present. He stages the world of make-believe so indispensable for the realization of self-sacrifice and united action.” WorldTryingBelieveSoulSelfActionUnitedLeaderVisionSacrificeStageChosenRealizationJustifyResentmentFrustratedIndispensableSelf SacrificeKindlesMake BelieveTransitoryBreathtaking Author:Eric Hoffer
“In this case [the Charlemagne Prize], I don't say (I was) forced, but convinced by the holy and theological headstrongness of Cardinal [Walter] Kasper, because he was chosen, elected by Aachen to convince me. And I said yes, but in the Vatican. And I said I offer it for Europe, as a co-decoration for Europe, a prize so that Europe may do what I desired at Strasburg; that it may no longer be "grandmother Europe" but "mother Europe."” MaySaidMotherCasesHolyOffersEuropeConvincedChosenConvinceGrandmotherPrizeTheologicalCardinalsDecoration Author:Pope Francis
“I think that a huge positive that's come out of me having successful competitions as an athlete has been that, through the years it's become less and less about personal victory and more about strengthening a platform for me to have a voice in the world and I could really talk about anything I wanted to and I've chosen to make my voice be heard and be recognized for some of the charities that I really care about and work very closely with.” ThinkingWorldYearsHas BeensCareWantedVoiceSuccessfulHeardHugeVictoryCompetitionCharityAthleteChosenPlatformsStrengtheningThrough The YearsPersonal Victory Author:Evan Lysacek
“Americans are an "almost chosen people," which is meant to suggest that there are clear parallels, literal, theological and everything else, between the American story and the Old Testament story of Israel and then the broader story of the Christian church. It's OK to recognize the parallels. It's OK to invoke them. But, you have to keep that "almost" in front of the "chosen." You can't go all the way and say, "America is Israel, America is the Church." That's where I think patriotism shades into, what I call, the heresy of nationalism.” PeopleThinkingWayStoriesChristianAmericaChurchClearFrontsIsraelChosenNationalismShadeTestamentParallelsHeresyLiteralTheologicalOld TestamentInvokeChristian Church Author:Ross Douthat
“When I finally did stop and look at my life, I realized that I had done what I'd set out to do. In my pitiful little way, I had climbed the mountain I had chosen. And there I was, on top.” WayLooksLittlesDoneMountainI RealizedChosenPitiful Author:Bette Midler
“My theology is based on what I tell my Sunday-school kids - that they are loved and chosen, AS IS, now, today. That the moment is holy, sacred, and all there is - and that we are only as sick as our secrets. So TELL IT.” MomentsKidsTodaySchoolSecretHolySickSacredTheologyChosenSundaySunday School Author:Anne Lamott
“I've been really lucky to spend some time around actors and artists I really admire. One thing I gathered from asking a lot of questions is that part of this job and this life we've chosen is doing personal exploration in front of an audience. In a lot of ways, that's what art is: personal searching with people watching.” PeopleWayArtJobsArtistActorsAudienceOne ThingFrontsLuckyArt IsAskingChosenAdmireThis LifeExploration Author:Jason Segel
“I think people like me are in a relatively privileged position because we have to some extent chosen to live in foreign places. I would always make the distinction between those who are exiles in terms of being thrown out of the place they want to be, and others who are exiles in terms of going toward a place they would rather be.” PeopleThinkingWantTermPositionChosenLike MeDistinctionThrownPrivilegedExileForeign Places Author:Pico Iyer
“The mediated world has approached us from a lot of different directions and we have freely chosen our automobiles and our skyscrapers and our televisions and our telephones and our computers because they have given us power and freedom. Now we are beginning to notice there's a price to pay for them. It's all interconnected, the good stuff and the bad stuff comes together.” WorldDifferentTogetherGivenStuffPayTelevisionComputerChosenTelephonesAutomobileInterconnectedDifferent DirectionsSkyscraperBad Stuff Author:Howard Rheingold
“I've chosen to be a commentator and an analyzer of politics, rather than an actual doer of it. I think it could have gone the other way, but I'm not sorry that it didn't, because this made it easier to be home with my kids and to spend time with them. Writing you can do right in your house. You don't have to go anywhere.” ThinkingWayWritingMadeHomeKidsHouseCan DoGoneEasierSorryChosenMade ItEnd TimesSpend TimeCommentatorsDoersNot Sorry Author:Doris Kearns Goodwin
“Ultimately, I don't know if love is an organizing principle we choose or if it's innate. I'm not sure the distinction matters to me much anymore; I just care about how we can reduce unnecessary suffering. I think that means learning to love in both the micro and the macro; engaging in ethical action at the level of intimacy and friendship, but also at the vocational level through our chosen work in the world, our right livelihood.” IfsThinkingKnowsWorldMeanMatterCareActionSufferingLove IsLevelsPrinciplesChosenIntimacyNot SureDistinctionEthicalUnnecessaryEngagingInnateLivelihoodLearning To LoveMacroUnnecessary Suffering Author:C.E. Morgan
“The information that was contained in a cathedral was based upon a common culture - a common Christian culture - and the elements were chosen for a common symbolic meaning. Someone who knew everything that was represented in a cathedral had a sort of encyclopedia - you can indeed call it that - but it was a selective encyclopedia, like encyclopedias back when they were books and the people writing them were supposed to be specialists in their field. I think today the problem is that people don't know how to choose between different kinds of information.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWritingKindBookDifferentProblemTodayChristianCultureCommonKnow HowInformationFieldsElementsChosenSupposed To BeDifferent KindsSymbolicBack WhenCathedralsSpecialistsSelectiveEncyclopediaCommon CultureSymbolic Meaning Author:Eugene Green
“Because we take these huge long breaks, and then I just kind go, "Okay, fine, this is the way that I've chosen to live my life, and if the band now fades into obscurity, so be it, that's my decision." But then we come back and it's still as big as ever, or bigger. It's always been a surprise to me, that it worked out that way.” KindLongDecisionBreakOkaySurpriseChosenLiving My Life Author:Milo Aukerman
“Incompatibilists will tell you that a work of art has no meaning unless the artists could have chosen to create a different one, but actual artists often say things like "the book chose me" - that is, the work had to be. Some philosophers would call it "volitional necessity", and a similar case that's discussed is the case of Luther saying "here I stand, I can do no other".” ArtBookDifferentArtistPhilosopherChosenLuther Author:Nomy Arpaly
“Compare and contrast: Donald Trump is going out thanking the voters who supported him. You look at his cabinet picks. They are not donors. These three military guys are not being chosen because they're being paid back for donating to Trump. He's picking them because they're the best. And what's Hillary Clinton doing? She is thanking the money people. She's not thanking supporters. She's not thanking people who believed in her for her ideas and substance and her personally.” PeopleGuyMilitaryClintonChosenCompareContrastSupporter Author:Rush Limbaugh
“We all have a mission and a purpose across all of our different industries that we're in, and you can see that in every entrepreneur, certainly the ones that get through and get chosen. And I think that's ultimately what technology is here to do, is to enhance our lives and make it better.” ThinkingDifferentPurposeTechnologyEntrepreneurChosen Author:Jessica Alba
“The first week or day that Obama was in office, he made it clear that peace in the Middle East would be a high priority for him. And his choice of a special envoy, George Mitchell, compared to the previous special envoys chosen, is remarkable.” ChoicesWeekSpecialOfficePrioritiesChosenRemarkable Author:Reza Aslan
“I promise to deliver a corruption-free India... people have chosen our government to get rid of black money.” PeopleBlackPromiseChosenI Promise Author:Narendra Modi
“I've been acting since I was a child, and though this was different in a way, I think I've been very blessed. The majority of the sets I've been on have been very inclusive and very empowering, and I've often chosen to work with people that sing from the same song sheet.” PeopleThinkingChildrenDifferentSongActingBlessedChosenEmpowering Author:Samantha Morton
“The Jews believed they were the nation God had chosen among all the nations. And they were. But that did not give them immunity to God's judgment. Like the nations, they too would feel God's wrath if they refused to live in God's ways. Furthermore, God could deal with other nations in mercy as well as judgment. Jeremiah was full of surprises, as against the popular religious assumptions of his day. That's perhaps why some people, when they encountered Jesus, thought he was very like Jeremiah. He turned things upside down.” PeopleGivingJesusReligiousJudgmentMercySurpriseJewChosenAssumptionUpside Down Author:Christopher J. H. Wright
“At this point in my career, I can stand shoulder to shoulder with an actor my age who has chosen to do really awful things, and he will get a job over me.” AgeChosen Author:Frank Langella
“I think people kind of come up and go, "Why hasn't that person busted out?" Almost always at the end of career, what you find out is that either consciously or subconsciously success hasn't happened because that person hasn't chosen for it to happen. Either through walking away because it wasn't the life they wanted or through self-sabotaging because they weren't ready.” PeopleThinkingKindWalkingChosen Author:Chris Gethard
“I grew up like every young kid I know, who wants to be a cop and wants to be a firefighter, so this lifestyle that I've chosen happens to offer that in small doses in front of the camera. I want to take advantage of that. Hopefully I can play many, many different occupations.” DifferentKidsLifestyleChosenHopefullyCopFirefighter Author:Ryan Guzman
“There's certainly an element of responsibility that goes with being on the cover of WWE 2K18, but I'm just stoked for it. I think it's awesome for our generation to have a guy on the cover who comes from the group of guys and girls on the road right now who are grinding it out every single day and night. I feel honored to have gotten the opportunity and that I was chosen to be that guy when it could have been anyone from Charlotte Flair to Sasha Banks to Roman Reigns.” ThinkingNightGuyGirlOpportunityResponsibilityChosenHonored Author:Seth Rollins
“I have a fairly unwieldy set of concerns that go into determining what I do in the paintings, such as the history of the decorative, patterns of cultural migration, Islamic art and design, Byzantine architecture, the annals of natural history, as well as contemporary painting. All of these things are filtered through my own sense of cultural urgency. How I proceed with the work has to do with how I respond to this instinctively chosen mass of materials. I'm weighing many things and making many decisions before I even get started on a painting.” ArtNaturalDecisionDesignPaintingConcernArchitectureChosenIslamicUrgency Author:Philip Taaffe
“An artist makes something to be physically experienced by another person. It's a raw, freely chosen, interpersonal relationship between the maker and the viewer, so it's close to what a musical composer does, or a poet or a dancer. It is coming out of one's inner being.” ArtistPoetMusicalChosenDancerComposer Author:Philip Taaffe
“I certainly do believe in monogamy. I don't believe that it's for everyone. I don't believe that marriage is for everyone. So much of life is begging to be chosen how it wants to be lived. Much more than most of us realize.” BelieveRealizingChosenBeggingMonogamy Author:Colin Farrell
“Fundamentally, as human beings, we're very, very alike and a lot more alike than we think, but we have a tendency to divide the world into them and us. In prison, when people commit a crime and we put them away, they definitely become "them." We don't want to deal with it because they have chosen to step out of society, so we're going to keep them out. Even if they serve their time, we're going to make sure that, for the rest of their lives, they're going to be branded. I don't know how to do it in a different way, but I think it clearly doesn't work.” PeopleThinkingWorldDifferentCrimePrisonCommitChosen Author:Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
“You could make a very focused exploration game, that was about player creativity and exploration. But then it wouldn't have these very meticulous scientific kinds of puzzles in it, that Braid has. And so, it was just about picking something and understanding what it was that was chosen, and sticking to it, ruthlessly.” KindUnderstandingCreativityPlayerFocusedChosenExplorationPuzzles Author:Jonathan Blow
“The flesh is what traps us, because no one has ever chosen his or her body to live in, has he? It's the flesh that makes us sick, that makes us old and that eventually ends up killing us. But at the same time, it's that glorious flesh that enables us to scratch heaven through sensuality, through passion. Paradoxically, the flesh that kills us will also make us feel eternal for a brief moment because that's what we are in passion, eternal - we abandon ourselves, we give ourselves to the other, so much that when we are loving passionately, death doesn't exist.” GivingMomentsPassionHeavenSickKillingChosenSensualityGloriousAbandon Author:Rosa Montero